Cathedral Peak : Photos, Diagrams & Topos : SummitPost

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madeintahoe - Jun 5, 2007 1:16 pm - Voted 10/10

Very Beautiful

The lighting is so beautiful & so calm and peacefull.
Thank you!

Misha - Jun 5, 2007 2:24 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Very Beautiful

Thank you for your comment!

flow - Jun 5, 2007 2:02 pm - Voted 10/10

great!

very nice reflection and colors!

Misha - Jun 5, 2007 2:24 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: great!

Thanks for your comment

williams - Jun 6, 2007 12:33 am - Voted 10/10

Great shot!

Excellent composition, is this hdr?

Misha - Jun 6, 2007 12:42 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Great shot!

Thanks - no, this is not HDR. I use GND filters to achieve better DR "more naturally" :)

Vladislav - Jun 6, 2007 1:39 am - Voted 10/10

Misha is back!

Watch out for some great photos, folks!

Misha - Jun 7, 2007 11:04 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Misha is back!

Thanks man! Are you still in Palo Alto? I work in Los Altos nowadays... we should do lunch sometime :)

Vladislav - Jun 13, 2007 1:53 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Misha is back!

Misha, congrats on the PoW. I knew you would get it the moment I saw the photo. This is one of my favorite places in the Sierra, and maybe in the whole world... and you captured it really well. Have been there myself last weekend, playing on Tresidder. On the way back I found the spot where you took the photo...
I am still in Palo Alto but I work in Berkeley, so lunch during the week will be hard. We have a better chance meeting somewehre in the Sierra!
Cheers,
Vlad.

Charles - Jun 6, 2007 3:21 am - Voted 10/10

Aptly named

Great shot

thanks

Charles

Misha - Jun 7, 2007 11:05 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Aptly named

Thanks Charles. This peak is indeed very well named!

Tomek Lodowy - Jun 6, 2007 6:50 am - Voted 10/10

superb

One of those dream shots, great

Misha - Jun 7, 2007 11:06 am - Hasn't voted

Re: superb

Thanks Tomek!

pvangeenen - Jun 6, 2007 11:30 am - Voted 10/10

Very good one.

This one speaks very much, great color scenery and sky. Image of the week.

Tfs. Pierre.

Misha - Jun 7, 2007 11:06 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Very good one.

Thanks for your comment, Pierre

Misha - Jun 7, 2007 11:16 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Nice,

Thanks for the comment. It was definitely drier this year than during a few previous seasons. Regarding HDR vs. GND, here is a quick explanation:
- GND stands for Graduated Neutral Density filter. Normally, it is a piece of glass that you use with your camera during the shoot to improve dynamic range. One side of these filters is darker (by 1-5 f/ stops; depends on the filter model) and another is transparent. These filters were popularized by Galen Rowell.
- HDR is a post processing (i.e. Photoshop) gimmick where you take a few photos of the same composition but expose different elements of the photo in each shot (i.e. one exposes the foreground properly; another exposes the background). Later, you take bracketed exposures of the same composition and 'blend' them for a higher dynamic range image.
Makes sense?

idahomtnhigh - Jun 6, 2007 3:06 pm - Voted 10/10

Peaceful Setting

This picture has a way of calming the spirit. Great Shot!

Misha - Jun 7, 2007 11:17 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Peaceful Setting

Thank you!

Robertthethird - Jun 10, 2007 8:27 pm - Hasn't voted

Nice

Is this film or digital? Great composition and exposure. When you are using GNDF, do you actually expose different areas of the shot differently?

Misha - Jun 11, 2007 12:46 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Nice

Thanks. This is digital (using Canon 5D DSLR). Not 100% clear about your question... Let me try to clarify. GND filter allows you to expose different parts of the composition differently. It is a piece of glass one half of which is dark and another half is transparent. Hence, you only take one photo of your composition to get a desired exposure. With HDR, you take multiple photos (while exposing different parts of the composition differently) and later blend them. I don't do HDR (partially, because I prefer to spend as little time as possible in Photoshop) but love GND. Let me know if this does not answer your question.

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